1924 New York Yankees season

1924 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Miller Huggins
Seasons

The 1924 New York Yankees season was the team's 22nd season. The team finished with a record of 89–63, finishing 2 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	—	47–30	45–32
New York Yankees	89	63	0.586	2	45–32	44–31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	6	45–33	41–35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	17	41–36	33–42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	0.467	20	36–39	35–42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	0.438	24½	37–38	30–48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	0.435	25	41–36	26–51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	0.431	25½	37–39	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	14–8	6–16	5–17–1	12–10	11–11–1	9–13–1
Chicago	12–10	—	11–11	8–14–1	6–16	11–11	13–8	5–17
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	7–15	8–14	11–11	11–10	11–11
Detroit	16–6	14–8–1	15–7	—	13–9	11–11	9–13	8–14–1
New York	17–5–1	16–6	14–8	9–13	—	12–8	12–10	9–13
Philadelphia	10–12	11–11	11–11	11–11	8–12	—	13–9	7–15
St. Louis	11–11–1	8–13	10–11	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	13–9
Washington	13–9–1	17–5	11–11	14–8–1	13–9	15–7	9–13	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Wally Schang	114	356	104	.292	5	51
1B	Wally Pipp	153	589	174	.295	9	110
2B	Aaron Ward	120	400	101	.253	8	66
3B	Joe Dugan	148	610	184	.302	3	54
SS	Everett Scott	153	548	137	.250	4	59
OF	Bob Meusel	143	630	188	.325	12	124
OF	Whitey Witt	147	600	178	.297	1	38
OF	Babe Ruth	153	529	200	.378	46	124

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Fred Hofmann	62	166	29	.175	1	11
Ernie Johnson	64	119	42	.353	3	12
Harvey Hendrick	40	76	20	.263	1	11
Mike McNally	49	69	17	.246	0	2
Earl Combs	24	35	14	.400	0	2
Shags Horan	22	31	9	.290	0	7
Benny Bengough	11	16	5	.313	0	3
Lou Gehrig	10	12	6	.500	0	5
Ben Paschal	4	12	3	.250	0	3
Mack Hillis	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Chick Autry	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Herb Pennock	40	286.1	21	9	2.83	101
Joe Bush	39	252.0	17	16	3.57	80
Waite Hoyt	46	247.0	18	13	3.79	71
Bob Shawkey	38	207.2	16	11	4.12	114
Sad Sam Jones	36	178.2	9	6	3.63	53

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cliff Markle	7	23.1	0	3	8.87	7
Walter Beall	4	23.0	2	0	3.52	18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Milt Gaston	29	5	3	1	4.50	24
Al Mamaux	14	1	1	0	5.68	12
George Pipgras	9	0	1	1	9.98	4
Ben Shields	2	0	0	0	27.00	3
Oscar Roettger	1	0	0	0	inf	0

References

• 1924 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1924 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com